Clawson, Big House, Surprise Scout Team QB Presser Edition

Coach was back in the box, facing a cross examination from the media elites in Bowling Green on Wednesday.

The biggest news is relatively big indeed.  Earlier in the week, it was Pankratz and Pagel who were supposedly competing for the QB job.  However, little hints were dropped that if Schilz was going to be out longer, Hurley would be in contention for having his redshirt removed and playing.  And, as of now, Pankratz and Hurley are competing for the job.

Schilz' injury is very tough to judge.  This is the injury that Omar Jacobs had, and it was very difficult to tell when it would be good enough for him to play.

Coach said that last year, Schilz was actually the true back up, and if Tyler had gotten injured for a significant period of time, Schilz would have gotten the snaps.  Pankratz was the short-term #2.

This year, no one clearly won the back up job, hence the competition this week.

In some senses, all the QBs are from a similar mold and we already have a skinnier playbook than last year, so the adjustment might be less than feared.  Obviously, Schilz is our best guy, so that's an adjustment.

Coach says that they view the UM game as a special opportunity, and that is how they are trying to get the players to see it.

He talked about Denard Robinson, and inside the obvious superlatives, there was some football stuff.  Having a running QB means you can run a 2-back set with only one running back, leaving you with nine blockers.  (In a normal 2-back set it would be 8).

Coach Clawson he has been playing Robinson on the scout team.

But he was joking.

He says that the UMass game is not a confidence builder for BG.  The Falcons have to bring their motivation from inside themselves and not from other teams.

Finally, he noted that the defense Michigan runs is similar to the defense Tulsa runs.